Tags: Crustacean.
The Corallovexiidae are a family of parasitic copepods associated with corals and together with members of the family Asterocheridae dominate their ecological niche in the West Indies; in the Indo-Pacific they are replaced by the families Lichomolgidae and Xarifiidae.The family contains two genera and 10 species all described by Jan Hendrik Stock in 1975:Corallonoxia Stock 1975Corallonoxia baki Stock 1975Corallonoxia longicauda Stock 1975Corallovexia Stock 1975Corallovexia brevibrachium Stock 1975Corallovexia dorsospinosa Stock 1975Corallovexia kristenseni Stock 1975Corallovexia longibrachium Stock 1975Corallovexia mediobrachium Stock 1975Corallovexia mixtibrachium Stock 1975Corallovexia similis Stock 1975Corallovexia ventrospinosa Stock 1975↑ ↑